--- product_id: 6530502 title: "SOLD" price: "$16.82" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://virgin.desertcart.com/products/6530502-sold store_origin: VG region: British Virgin Islands --- # SOLD **Price:** $16.82 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** SOLD - **How much does it cost?** $16.82 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [virgin.desertcart.com](https://virgin.desertcart.com/products/6530502-sold) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST! Discover the power and hope of this acclaimed, bestselling, often-banned novel that gives voice to a young girl robbed of her childhood. Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in Nepal. They’ve always made ends meet, but when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away the family's crops, Lakshmi's stepfather says she must leave home and take a job. He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who promises to find her work as a maid in the city. To help her family, Lakshmi journeys to India and arrives at “Happiness House” full of hope. But she soon learns an unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution. Lakshmi's life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape. Still, she tries to live by her mother's words―Simply to endure is to triumph. Gradually, she forms friendships with the other girls that enable her to survive in this terrifying new reality, until the day comes when she must make a decision: will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life? Written in spare and evocative verse vignettes by the acclaimed co-author of I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition), this powerful novel renders a world that is as unimaginable as it is real, and a girl who dares to dream of more than just survival. * “Hard-hitting ... The author beautifully balances the harshness of brothel life with the poignant relationships among its residents.” ― Publishers Weekly (starred review) * “An unforgettable account of sexual slavery as it exists now.” ― Booklist (starred review) Publishers Weekly Best 100 Books of the Year NPR’s Best Books of the Year American Library Association Top Ten List, Best Books of the Year Gustav-Heinemann Peace Prize Booklist Editor’s Choice Award New York Public Library Best Books for Teens Children’s Literature Council’s Choice Book Sense Pick Review: An important book - This is a very good book but also a pretty disturbing one. In terms of a choice for a middle schooler, I would really hesitate to recommend it. A lot would depend on the young adult's maturity and reading level. Whereas I have a 7th grader reading this book, the terms have occasionally stumped her and she comes back to me frequently for explanations of terms of vocabulary issues for Arabic names and terms...some of which are difficult to understand via context. I found it useful to Google certain things, like a tea shop and a house with a tin roof in Nepal, so she can see photos and better relate to the text. Other than that, the way the book is written, in first person, but in a passive voice...a writing style that takes a while to get used to. But for an adult or middle schooler who successfully navigates those little hurdles, the book is a quick and fascinating read. I couldn't put it down. The subject matter is very, very mature. There is not anything overly graphic, but again, this is a novel about a girl sold into prostitution at a very young age. After the first third of the book, it does address the fact that she is forced to sleep with many, many men and there are a few horrifying sections regarding the punishment of girls who don't obey the brothel's madam. This is an important book regarding the treatment of young girls sold into prostitution in India. I learned many things while reading it. Again, I recommend it for all, but unless your child or student is ready to handle things like the subject matter, I believe that girls and women over maybe 14 years of age should be the target audience. Review: A must read! - Amazing book! Read it in about 2 hours. Loaned it out and everyone had agreed that it’s a must read. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,838 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Children's Asia Books #2 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Sexual Abuse (Books) #12 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Social & Family Violence (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,854 Reviews | ## Images ![SOLD - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Xbw2ovL7L.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An important book *by P***S on May 2, 2016* This is a very good book but also a pretty disturbing one. In terms of a choice for a middle schooler, I would really hesitate to recommend it. A lot would depend on the young adult's maturity and reading level. Whereas I have a 7th grader reading this book, the terms have occasionally stumped her and she comes back to me frequently for explanations of terms of vocabulary issues for Arabic names and terms...some of which are difficult to understand via context. I found it useful to Google certain things, like a tea shop and a house with a tin roof in Nepal, so she can see photos and better relate to the text. Other than that, the way the book is written, in first person, but in a passive voice...a writing style that takes a while to get used to. But for an adult or middle schooler who successfully navigates those little hurdles, the book is a quick and fascinating read. I couldn't put it down. The subject matter is very, very mature. There is not anything overly graphic, but again, this is a novel about a girl sold into prostitution at a very young age. After the first third of the book, it does address the fact that she is forced to sleep with many, many men and there are a few horrifying sections regarding the punishment of girls who don't obey the brothel's madam. This is an important book regarding the treatment of young girls sold into prostitution in India. I learned many things while reading it. Again, I recommend it for all, but unless your child or student is ready to handle things like the subject matter, I believe that girls and women over maybe 14 years of age should be the target audience. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must read! *by A***. on August 9, 2026* Amazing book! Read it in about 2 hours. Loaned it out and everyone had agreed that it’s a must read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review on Sold *by B***R on May 10, 2012* The story of Lakshmi is told from the viewpoint of first a innocent, twelve-thirteen year old girl who lives in the mountains of Nepal with her Mother, step father, and infant sibling. They are very poor, and she describes how they live, survive, do chores, and the simple pleasures that she enjoys like having her Mother brush her hair, or playing hop scotch with her friend from next door who she misses because she went to work as a "maid" in the city. Lakshmi's Step father is a gambler so her trouble's begin there, when he decide's that she needs to "work" to help pay for the family expenses in the city; or this is what she and her Mother believe; that she is going to be a city maid; she is taken into the city where she journeys first with a woman than a man and is then sold into the brothel of Happiness House where the owner Mumtaz a very cruel woman works the girls to death and beats them with a strap if they don't obey. At first Lakshmi shows some resistance but when she is told that she must work off her debt and that it goes to her family her resistance weakens and she does what she is told...there are many smaller characters from this point on in the book that warmed my heart like one of the other girl's sons, and the tea boy...they offered Lakshmi hope where there was little. To see what happens for this young girl you need to read this book...it shows another look into the harrowing world of human/sex trafficking in another part of the world and will again make you hug your daughters/niece/any young person close when you know this is a reality for so many young girls in the world. A wonderful book, and I liked the preface of Lakshmi telling the entire story, it was simple and to the point, the ending was very hopeful, but we all need that sometimes. :) ## Frequently Bought Together - SOLD - The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) - The Handmaid's Tale --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://virgin.desertcart.com/products/6530502-sold](https://virgin.desertcart.com/products/6530502-sold) --- *Product available on Desertcart British Virgin Islands* *Store origin: VG* *Last updated: 2026-10-12*